I feel that the BeBox fit's that category. An orphan OS, unusual design
(dual PPC, not a Mac, PC conponent's, case color, and don't forget the
blinkin lights). The last BeBoxs won't be 10 years old until 2008. The
original Grid laptops with magnesium cases and oil field equipment
rugged design are another. The first Grids not the Tandy Grids are
already included in the 10 year rule I think.
James
Bob Shannon wrote:
> Lets face it, PC's have been around a while now, and they are not going
> away any time soon.
>
> But how 'classic' is any machine that was so highly mass-produced? The
> sheer numbers make them so common, their
> collectable 'value' will be nearly zero, unless they are unusual in some
> way.
>
> So highly customized PC's, or specialized machines (i.e. EISA bus) may
> hold more interest than your standard PCI based Pentiums, which are
> about as collectable as a 10 year old toaster.
>
> But there are some 'interesting' things out there in PC land, strange
> things that never made it into mass production, like Intel P54CBT's, or
> extinct operating systems like PenPoint.
>
>
http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html
Received on Thu Oct 03 2002 - 14:46:13 BST